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Isn't everything on the internet titled to get you to click on it? You'll have to forgive us though as we're learning this as we go along. We're a team of just regular dive pro's living in a tiny island in the Caribbean which has been in complete shutdown for 4 months. We're not allowed to open the shop yet, we're not allowed to go diving and there are no tourists here at all. The premise of the videos was to:
a) Give us something constructive to do as in the first 6 weeks of total shutdown a malaise set in and we were all starting to get very depressed
b) A teaching aid for the new instructors, help them to learn about elements of diving and how they can effectively present these
c) Try to do something positive to promote the business.....
d) Have some fun in these terrible times.
All of our videos echo our British sense of humour, and when we create them we're really not taking ourselves too seriously. There are many people out there on internet-world who are Uber-serious, so we chose to take a much more light-hearted, almost parody approach. Some people will love it, some will hate it.... but for all of the reasons above, we're going to carry on doing this (as the alternative right now is do nothing).
Thanks for your feedback, and thanks also for you patience as we learn more about 'presenting'
I tend to agree. The bloom appears to have faded a bit. At one time, I thought SM would sweep through the industry, and many backmount doubles users would convert. Hasn't happened, and probably never will.MendigoDiver:As was previously stated, sidemounts huge surge in popularity was a trend that seems to have died off a good bit.
That is definitely an advantage, and one that I appreciate. Would I rather climb a boat ladder with double 100s on my back (or even my double 80s for that matter), or would I rather hand my cylinders up to the mate, one at a time, and climb the ladder with just my harness? That's a no brainer. SM all the way. For the entry, do I prefer to walk to the stern with cylinders on my back, or down at my sides? Well, I prefer to have them on my back. What I really prefer to have the cylinders put over the side on a short line, then I jump in with just my SM harness, and don the cylinders in the in the water. Maybe, that's too cumbersome for some, which is fine. Works for me.MendigoDiver:Open water sidemounts only real advantage is that the cylinders can be removed quickly and easily to facilitate moving around on land/boat.
The only benefit I see for either system outside of preparation for tech diving is the ability to do extended rec dives
Sounds great hypothetically, but I'd be super nervous about dropping a cylinder in the ocean.or would I rather hand my cylinders up to the mate, one at a time, and climb the ladder with just my harness?
Sounds great hypothetically, but I'd be super nervous about dropping a cylinder in the ocean.
Certainly i wouldn't want to drop mine either. One solution that is in use on some boats -drop a line, with a bolt snap on one end, over the side. have the diver unclip, and re-clip to the line, which is then pulled up, with the cylinder(s) attached.Sounds great hypothetically, but I'd be super nervous about dropping a cylinder in the ocean.